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Re: [ATM] Mirror on the Moon

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Peter Chen wrote:
>
>         A final note:  It should be possible to make a telescope
> mirror out of a 'smart' material that can periodically clean itself.
> Now won't that be fun?
>
> Regards,
> P. Chen

I think the 'smart' material is actually the liquid part of this
concept, as is. Assuming sufficient density, dust particles would
presumably settle to the bottom, which in a sense, is self
cleaning.

Dominic

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